| Topic: | Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | John Hawkes | |
| Date/Time: | 18/02/26 13:21:00 |
| Mr Ixer 'Mr Hawkes. Personally, I believe President Trump is wrong in his attempts to take over another country's sovereign territory. I suppose you think he's right?' I do not think he is right. Just as I do not think it right for Palestinians to try to take over Israel. But... I understand that the US has the right to maintain armed forces in Greenland. I have no doubt Trump will expand this presence and then get into some form of negotiation with Denmark. The relationship between Denmark and Greenland would seem to be a classic case of 18thC colonialism. Wiki - "While Inuit survived in the icy world of the Little Ice Age, the early Norse settlements, known as the Eastern Settlement, along the southwestern coast disappeared, leaving Inuit as the only inhabitants of the island for several centuries. During this time, Denmark–Norway, apparently believing the Norse settlements had survived, continued to claim sovereignty over the island despite the lack of any contact between the Norsemen (specifically Icelanders) installed in Greenland and their Scandinavian brethren. In 1721, aspiring to become a colonial power, Denmark-Norway sent a missionary expedition to Greenland with the stated aim of reinstating Christianity among descendants of the Norse Greenlanders who may have converted back to paganism. When the missionaries found no descendants of the Norse Greenlanders, they baptised the Inuit they found living there instead. Denmark-Norway then developed trading colonies along the coast and imposed a trade monopoly and other colonial privileges on the area'. The land mass itself would seem to offer benefits far greater than Denmark would need or could exploit and the Greenlanders themselves require. For instance I understand that it is rich in rare earth minerals which the US could utilise for the general betterment of the Western World. It should be considered a natural asset for the West as a whole. The alternative would be exploitation by China or Russia which would pose not only an economic but also a political risk to the US and Europe which Trump quite rightly will not let happen. |
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| Re:Reply | 16/02/26 12:30:00 | Gerry Boyce |
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| Re:Liz Truss says Donald Trump is 'right about everything' | 16/02/26 13:19:00 | John Hawkes |
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| Re:Reply | 17/02/26 08:00:00 | Sue Hammond |
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| Reply | 17/02/26 10:58:00 | Michael Ixer |
| Re:Reply | 17/02/26 13:06:00 | Gerry Boyce |
| Re:Re:Reply | 17/02/26 13:33:00 | David Ainsworth |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 18/02/26 13:32:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 18/02/26 13:37:00 | John Hawkes |
| Re:Reply | 18/02/26 13:21:00 | John Hawkes |
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| Reply | 23/02/26 00:44:00 | Michael Ixer |
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| Re:Reply | 18/02/26 14:48:00 | John Hawkes |
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